I really like the ‘spaceship’ styling of the Diamond aircraft in general and I’ve loved the design ever since I saw one fly a few years ago at the London, Ontario airshow. Hopefully, Laminar Studios will work with developers to get new windshield and even icing effects implemented into the sim although I suspect we won’t see that with 11.5 but rather in the upcoming X-Plane 12. They worked fine previously but the new renderer has… rendered (ahem) them useless.
This aircraft also has the usual 4K textures with PBR materials, detailed interior and exterior, custom coded FADEC/ECU system, custom coded oxygen system simulation (with blackout due to oxygen starvation), fully functional circuit breakers with customizable reliability, simulated ice protection system and persistent state saved between flights if you so choose.Īlso listed on the feature list but broken under the X-Plane 11.5x Vulkan API are windshield effects like Librain. The Garmin G1000 or … rather the Laminar X1000 is a key feature of the DA62’s cockpit. It can do the usual array of VFR and IFR flying with SIDS, STARS, departures, and approaches.
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I’ve written about Aerobask’s implementation of the X1000 on their modules before (Read my full review of the Phenom 300) and this one is essentially the same with the usual custom engine displays typical of the DA62. Let’s start with the G1000 avionics in the aircraft which is, as usual, built on top of the excellent X1000 by Laminar Studios (the makers of X-Plane). The aircraft has a range of features that, having purchased and reviewed other Aerobask modules, are standard but which represent a well put together aircraft. I’m late to reviewing it but given its continual updates and my enthusiasm about the module, I thought it was only fitting that I write my thoughts about it. Instead, it represents the aircraft at or near its peak. The Aerobask DA62 came out a few years ago so the version I’m reviewing isn’t hot off the presses. The usual features Passenger headphones sit ready for your invisible passengers (visible from the outside only). The DA62 come in a five and seven seat configuration and are built in factories in Austria and Canada.
DA62’s have a G1000 avionics suite built into what can only be described as a modern luxury sports car cockpit aesthetic.
The aircraft is exceptionally stable and stalls at just 67 kts. Among the other features are a suite of safety systems built in that protect the fuel tanks in the event of a crash. The engines have FADEC control and take Jet A fuel which apparently improves the overall range of the aircraft. The aircraft is powered by two Austro AE330 turbocharged 2.0-liter diesel engines that generate 180 hp each and the aircraft has a maximum speed of 192 kts. The original DA50 did not progress beyond the prototype stage (although Diamond is now offering the new DA50 RG as of 2020) but two of the twin engine prototype aircraft were built under the DA52 designation before full produced commenced on the production standard DA62. The aircraft started life as a twin-engine version of another Diamond prototype, the DA50. I always like to understand the aircraft I’m reviewing by looking at it in the context of its history of development first.įirst flown in 2012 and introduced in 2015, the DA62 is one of the most modern twin engine designs on the general aviation market. This is my full review of the Aerobask DA62 for X-Plane 11. Coming out in 2018 and receiving continual updates since then, I thought it was long past time I wrote a review of this aircraft. Enter Aerobask’s DA62 which the developer has put their usual attention to detail into. Yes, there’s plenty of Cessna 152 and 172s to fly around and a good number of Piper PA-24, PA-30, and PA-44 available to fly in X-Plane but I always find myself drawn to the more unique options. I really enjoy GA aircraft flight simming and I tend to get drawn into flying some of the more interesting types available.
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